My kids love to paint and I hate to waste stuff. Every Spring we weed through the cabinet under the bathroom sink and get rid of all the expired lotions and what-not. Sunscreen isn’t effective if it is old (and one of my kids burns badly – I learned this the hard way!). So what will we do with all the old lotions and sunscreen? Make our own Finger Paint!
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What you need to make your own lotion-based finger paint:
- Old containers of lotion or sunscreen
- Tin to hold the paint
- Food coloring
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We used liquid food coloring, but I think the gel colors would have been better, more vibrant. Maybe we’ll try gel colors next time. We mixed the dye into the lotion with paintbrushes and then had a blast covering our paper and ourselves with the paint. The kids had a blast and I loved the way the kids smelled after our craft time! Made me think summer was already here!
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Pssst… you can also make an Easy Sunscreen Experiment Perfect for Preschoolers, and Non-Toxic Homemade Finger Paint!
Oh my goodness! Great idea! I have a whole basket of unused old lotions!! So excited!
What a great way to use up old household products. My kids would love to do this. Thanks for sharing.
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this is an EXCELLENT idea!!
this reminds me of my nannying days!
wow. flashback.
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I love crafts that use up otherwise waste products and this is a great one. We’ve just started having some sunny weather and I know i need to go through our sun lotion to see what is still ok and what not so this is very timely for us!
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Very interesting idea, but what did you paint on? I’d think that such paint would be really greasy.
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We used regular butcher paper. It was only slightly more greasy than regular finger paint, the finished product was kinda gray with swirls of color – I failed to take pictures of the finished product before I threw it out – oops. We have another bottle I discovered in a forgotten beach bag so I’m sure we’ll do this project again.
Oh, and we have so much expired sun screen.
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THAT IS SO BRILLIANT!!! Thanks for sharing that idea:)
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Ooo, I love this idea! I hate wasting products as well. Now you’ve given us another way to enjoy what we have!
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You have some FABULOUS ideas!! And I have two bottles of last year’s sunscreen screaming to be used! Yippee!!
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What a great idea!!! Thanks for all your wonderful tips!
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